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CONVERTIBLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22,1907.

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ATTORNEYJ PATBNTBD MAR. 24. 1908,.

T. SCULLIN & S. R. SKOV. CONVERTIBLE AND INTBRCHANGEABLB SEAT.

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CONVERTIBLE AND INTERGHANGBABLE SEAT.

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A TTORNEYJ' PATENT OFFICE.

.TERENCE SCULLIN AND SOREN' ROBERTSON SKOV, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CONVERTIBLE LAND' INTEECHANGEABLE SEAT.

*No.ssaesa Applicationfled January 22,1907.

` Specification of .Letters Patent.

" Patented March 24, 1908.

serial No. 353,557.

To all 'whom it may concern: .fBe it known; thatwwe, -TERENCE 'SCULLIN andSonnNV ROBERTSON SKov, citizens fof. the United" States ,r' residing :at Cleveland, 'in- .the county 'of Cuyahogal andStatefof Ohio, have invented certain newwand .useful Improvelments J 1in Convertible hand Interchangeable Seats; and weedo declare that the folloWingiS a full,"clear, and-exactfdescription of. the inlofventiomwhich willenable others skilled in .therart te'whioh it appertains to make and ,usethelsame v 1 Our'. invention relatesto convertible and .interchangeable seats for fmotor. and other cars, all substantially as shown and -described-.andparticularly' pointed out in the claims.

LIn'f. the. accompan'ying l'drawings "Figure 1 f-showslahorizontal sectional view'fo a portion Orafcarbody-i1r-\WhichSomeofthe seats are arranged transversely and other longi-tudiu '.nallyalong-onessideof` .the car. Fig. 2 is a :vertical l longitudinal section on 'line U2, .2, =.Fig. l1, disc osing the arrangement of-the seats along the opposite side of the car. 'f-Fig. :isz a vertical'crosssection 'of' 'the car =on' :line 3,53, Fig; 1,:and Fig. Lisa horizontallsection "fof the' car body corresponding 'torFigs 1 but showing all the seats arranged transversely 30. from'side to sidefor1 the'ear. Fig.' 5.is an en- .larged cross section of one ofthe seats :taken onfxafline centrally of-.foneu-of .the base sup- 1 lpprt therefor as willaherein after fully appear. 1-`g.6shovvs two end sections-ofjointedrails adapted torest'. the seats :upon,.a'nd Fig. 7' is yarperspective*view of one ofi the standards and themeehanism thereon which carries the ;seat1ba-rsor rails. lF-ig. 8 isla .frontelevaton -fofone of the seats,and-"Figs;f9'and 10areend 40 'fviews respectivelyof lthe-castnlngs.at the ends -oflk said seatand. 'by-which -it is-engagedat its end with another seat. Fig.: 11 is a cross sectionr-orriline 11 11 ,e Fig.- 8 and-"Fig 12 shows tWo- Seats -unitedr by the end' parts shown in 452'Figs5'9: and 1.0. IrFigspl?) to lf'represent a #modification-of the seatconstruction @in that each-seat section is of the fullwidth oi` the car. 1Thus,-Fig.l13 isa horizontal sectional \view-of the carshowing the-seats arranged y longitu din ally at Aeach Side thereof and.x Fig. 1 14 represents the seats as placed transversely #ofv the car. .-Fig. 15 isacross'sectiononiline =1:5,-15,Fig. 14,'and Fig. 16' isa cross section online 16,16, Fig: 13.

The controlling. thought-orddea .in .the construction chem-'seats .asE th-usfshowni'is to {'fmake the seats readily available for either transverse or lengthwise arrangement in the 'cars for summer -or Winter use as the case may be, and to efect such arrangement by simpleand reliable means, so that the seats other and be rigidly and firmly supported `without the use 'of bolts, screws or -other devicesof that sort,.and are removable from their-supportsl and wholly separate and independent -members from the parts in or upon "which theyare adapted to besupported. -Our invention therefore, has to do With seats as such and separate supports thereforand Whichrespectively are so associatedA and fixed together that no other means than those'which the parts themselves embody. are'requiredto operatively-arrange the same in a car. Now, having these adaptations :in view and the convertibility of the car tosummer orvvinter purposes it is to -be 'understood that any suitable car, A, may- -be :used for our. purposes, and the invention is -aswell adapted to cars now in use andwhich are made for either transverse or :side Seating .as to cars that may hereafter be @manufactured and y have our invention in view. -The seats or seatsections Band C, l:as Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are adapted to be connected7 and-seats D in Figs. 13 and 1 4 Aare -designed for arrangement either longitudinally or transversely. For convenience in vdescription all said members are referred .toas seats, Whether long or short. Further- -fro1n the iioor Whether they be of the kind that extend entirely across the car when ar- 'ranged transversely as in Fig. 14, -or of the shorter kind, as in Figs. 1 and 4 and which require tWo seats to extendy entirely across the car. The only difference as to these di'erent Sizes or lengths of seats appears in '-their adaptation, or connections'when the `shorter seats are employed. Otherwise all 1 the seats are alike supported from the floor of the car upon a suitable base orstandard E iXed-on saldioor and which is adaptedy to receive a spindle G having a somewhat en- 1 larged and threaded upper portion f2 engaged by a nut -3- adapted to rest upon f the top-of base E-and by which the elevation ot the spindle and the parts supported there- -.on:is determined. A carrier or rest H for the chair-supporting rail J is removably enl.gaged on said spindle,-and to this end is provided. with` an. internally threaded socket more, the said seats are similarly supported can-be changed from one position to-the portion -4- at its bottom screwed upon head -2- of spindle G above nut -3-. Said carrier having an open slotted top portion -5- with parallel walls of a sufficient width and elevation to make a firm and rigid seat for the otherwise free rails or bars J which carry the respective seats. The said bars have no other rest than in and between the walls of heads -5--, and are provided with suitable interlocking joints at their meeting ends in which the said ends are adapted to have a necessary amount of play in respect to each other for purposes of adjustment to a common level, but are otherwise practically as firmly held together in and by said joints as if the rail were one continuous piece. These joints may come Within the Walls of the supporting heads -5- or at other points, and in this instance one rail has a headed tongue 7--, and the other a matching recess -8- engaged by said tongue, but this is only one of different Ways of making this connection.

The seats are equipped with transverse castin s or bars L at their bottom at intervals W ich have transverse open slots -6--\ at their center of a size to seat snugly down over rails J and hold the seat iirmly on said rails. The backs ofthe seats are engaged in some instances by suitable end brackets N as usual to car posts P, and no other support than that 'ust described is required for said seats. If rail or bar J requires to be raised or lowered the necessary adjustment is made by nuts -3-, and rails J are so firmly held on standards E through carriers H that they cannot rock thereon, as also are the seats on said rails. But this leaves the seats perfectly free to be lifted off the rails', and the rails to be lifted ofi` the carriers, and thus we have also a convenient knockdown construction in which the individual parts are independent members, and are easily assembled for use as well as separated.

The seats B and C are provided with frame members B and C respectively, at their meeting ends adapted to be separately and firmly interlocked. To this end member B has a laterally extending lug 10 with an inclined surface adapted to be engaged by inclined lug 11 on the edge of member C', so that whensaid lugs are brou ht together they lock one upon the other on t eir inclined surfaces and firmly unite said members B and C at their top. At the bottom said parts are connected by side lugs 12 and 13 on part C adapted to be engaged by short legs 15 and 16 on part B', leg 15 having a transverse slot adapted to receive a loc 'ng key 18.

60 Whenever a change in the arrangement of thecar seats is made, spindles C are adapted to rotate freely upon standards E to bring heads`-H in the right relation` to carry bars -J- either longitudinally or transversely of the car, and a bolt 2O screwed within standard E serves to lock spindle G in set position.

A base or foot board K, see Fig. 5, may be arranged at the front of the seats if desired, by providing suitable supports therefor coinprising separate cleats 21 upon each seat and upon the floor of the car, and suitable lugs 22 and 23 on castings L and standards E, respectively.

lhat we claim is:

1. In cars, a car seat 'having an open slot centrally at its bottom, in combination with separate standards, rotatable supports in said standards having open slotted heads, and a rail loosely engaged in said slotted heads and in the open slot in the bottom of the seat and supporting the seat.

2. In cars, a seat support comprising ar plurality of standards adapted to be fixed to a car floor and a separate removable and adjustable head on each standard, a rail resting in said heads and car seats having open slotted parts on their bottom engaged over said rail.

3. ln cars, a plurality of seats, a single rail on which said seats are removably seated, and a plurality of standards in a line centrally beneath said seats and separate means in pach standard to fix the elevation of said rai 4. ln cars, a plurality of seats and a support comprising a series of separate standards arranged in a line and adjustable supports on said standards, in combination with a seat supporting rail removably engaged in 100 said several supports and extending transversely beneath said seats from one to the other.

5. In cars, a lurality of disconnected standards adapte to be fastened to the floor 105 of a car and having open slotted heads adjustably engaged therein, a seat supporting rail removably supported between the walls of said heads, and a seat having an open slot at its center removably engaged on said rail. 110

6. In cars, a plurality of independent standards, an op en slotted head vertically adjustable in each standard, seat supporting rails engaged in said heads and seats having open slots centrally at their bottom adapted 115 to rest on said rails.

7 In cars, a plurality of independent standards, open slotted heads having threaded spindles engaged in said standards and nuts to raise and lower said spindles', in com- 120 bination with a seat supporting rail removably engaged in a plurality of said heads.

8. ln cars, a standard and a threaded spindle vertically adjustable therein and 'a separate head mounted on top of said spindle and 125 having anopen slot with parallel walls adapted to hold. a seatsupporting rail, in Combination with a flat sided seat supporting rail lodged in said head and a seat engaged centrally at its bottom on said rail.

9. In ears, a support for a series of seats com rising a plurality of separate and indepenent standards and a vertically adjustable rail support on each standard., in combination withv rails having jointed connection at their ends engaged in said supports and adapted to carry a series of car seats.

1 0. In cars, a plurality of independent seat supporting standards, a rotatable slotted head on each standard, and jointed rails supportedv in said heads, in combination with seats having open slots engaged upon said rails, sai/d parts constructed to prevent the seats from rocking on said rails. 

